Illustrations nearly done, Baltimore!

After toiling away for the past few months, I beleive the lovely and talented CSands will be finished her illustrations for our book Animal Stories before I know it (and certainly before you know it!) This is very exciting news! A few more edits and I will be done. Then its time for printing and selling ourselves to ya'll. Buy our book, read our stories, and look at our pictures, Baltimore! We're your no-so-forgotten children already!

Slacking, vacationing, writing, CSands drawing...Tip Jar!

So, I am back from the Carribean and once again am tempted to leave the city that I love...On that note, please visit Cyclops on North Avenue and put your change or entire billfold in the tip jar to the left of the register, marked "Get Timmy and Carabella to Europe Fund" Or for those of you who would like us to visit Latin America, hold tight and you will be given the option of using a similar tip jar for that purpose. It is like a competition where only CSands and I are the winners (psych, we will blog and write and send you souvenirs, of course...).

Also, I will be reading at Cyclops on Tuesday, August 6th. Come by and watch then stay for live music by a beautiful singer/songwriter! Can't wait to meet her!

As far as the Camp Journal goes: I have been slacking...I will try to make up for what I have missed and go back to following the rules ASAP. Please forgive me.

The title of the book "Animals" has been changed to "Animal Stories" and will include a lovely piece about bio-luminesence and vomiting mermaids. Aren't you pumped? CSands has been knocking out the illustrations one-by-one and we hope to have the book done in time for Baltimore Book Festival.

Another segue: CSands has some of her early work on display at The Depot on CHarles Street. Go look. Then buy drinks. Then buy art for your sweetheart who will love you for it if he/she is as rad as the sweetheart that you always dreamed of. Go! Now! People! Go!

Camp Journal and other stuff

I am currently documenting the next 8 weeks of my life in a "Camp Journal" activity book (thanks, Cyclops!). Be warned, everyone I come in contact with is a potential "camper". Meanwhile, Carabella is working hard on the pictures for the "Animals" book and has recently created a beautiful drawing of a baby born clutching a starfish to its chest. The baby is done in wonderful detail with a particularly splendid looking vagina....I will be handing out plenty of free homemade crap at Artscape, Northscape, Cyclopscape, WTF?-Scape II, Foodscape, and any other "Scape" you can think of...Come out to the arts district this weekend and get some!

Thanks to Cyclops and Eight Stone Press!

Thanks to Cyclops and Eight Stone Press and everyone who turned out and read and played music the other day! You were all excellent! Let's do it again real soon! Who isn't a big fan of alcohol infused literary events? I am and the readings at Cyclops are the most fun! Everybody come to the next one. ps. There will be a whole lot of stuff going at Cyclops over Artscape, so come out and be a part of it! Support Baltimore's lit scene!

Go to Cyclops tonight people!

Go to Cyclops tonight and support the store and Eight Stone Press' open mic night! There will be a bluegrass jam session beforehand (I may even bring my banjo and throw off everyone's rhythm) and then folks will be reading at 9 pm. After all of the talented writers read, I am going to read something...Maybe from the Animals manuscript, maybe not...Come and find out! Also buy books and beer and things from Andy!

Thanks to Cyclops and For Crying Out Loud!

Thanks to Andy and Fernando and everyone who came out on Friday to Cyclops to watch and read! A good time seemed to be had by all! ps. Andy, keep up with the pouring shots while I am reading, at least one component of the performance will always for sure be amusing!

Also, C Sands and I are trucking along on the "Animals" book, which will hopefully be done by the end of this summer and wil definitely be out before Bookfest (Hear that Cara? New Deadline!).

Support the local Lit Scene this week by going to Cyclops for the Eight Stone Press folks' Open Mic reading...Those things always prove to be a good time! I may read a story about throwing pennies...or Moles...or something...And Hopefully we can convince CSANDS to read or tell a story also! Sands???

Hey Read This! Press: Trading Cards!

Hey Read This! Press: Trading Cards!